Anti-Fat Attitudes Towards Weight Gain Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic or by “Unhealthy” Lifestyle Choices
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Attribution Theory
1.2. COVID-19 and Weight
1.3. Purpose
2. Materials and Method
2.1. Participants
2.2. Procedure
2.3. Measures
3. Results
3.1. Data Analysis
3.2. Key Findings
4. Discussion
4.1. Limitations and Directions for Future Research
4.2. Practical Implications
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A. Medical Form Vignettes
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Min. | Max. | M | SD | |
---|---|---|---|---|
FPS | 14.00 | 70.00 | 51.70 | 8.74 |
SATAQ-4R | ||||
Thin | 4.00 | 20.00 | 12.88 | 4.14 |
Muscular | 5.00 | 25.00 | 13.24 | 5.37 |
General | 10.00 | 30.00 | 24.00 | 4.17 |
AFAQ | ||||
Fear of Fat | 0 | 27.00 | 15.81 | 8.03 |
Willpower | 1 | 27.00 | 16.12 | 6.34 |
SDS | 0.00 | 16.00 | 8.96 | 3.74 |
BMI | 10.82 | 46.58 | 26.36 | 6.98 |
FPS | TI | MI | GI | Fear of Fat | Willpower | SDS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FPS | |||||||
TI | −0.12 | ||||||
MI | −0.29 ** | 0.24 ** | |||||
GI | 0.21 ** | 0.43 ** | 0.09 | ||||
Fear of Fat | 0.11 | 0.56 ** | 0.19 * | 0.49 ** | |||
Willpower | 0.17 * | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.28 ** | ||
SDS | −0.08 | −0.16 * | 0.02 | −0.22 * | −0.25 ** | 0.01 | |
BMI | 0.03 | −0.01 | −0.18 * | 0.12 | 0.10 | −0.18 * | −0.05 |
FPS | TI | MI | GI | Fear of Fat | Willpower | SDS | BMI | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FPS | −0.18 | −0.36 ** | 0.14 | 0.06 | 0.33 ** | −0.08 | 0.09 | |
TI | −0.07 | 0.27 ** | 0.44 ** | 0.61 ** | 0.05 | −0.18 | 0.06 | |
MI | −0.24 * | 0.21 | 0.06 | 0.17 | −0.00 | 0.04 | −0.15 | |
GI | 0.28 * | 0.43 ** | 0.11 | 0.41 * | 0.01 | −0.22 | 0.18 | |
Fear of Fat | 0.14 | 0.51 ** | 0.22 | 0.57 ** | 0.24 * | −0.35 ** | 0.11 | |
Willpower | 0.04 | 0.18 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.31 ** | 0.11 | −0.14 | |
SDS | −0.09 | −0.15 | 0.00 | −0.22 | −0.17 | 0.08 | −0.14 | |
BMI | −0.03 | −0.07 | −0.21 | 0.07 | 0.08 | −0.22 | 0.01 |
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Regan, D.; Bjornerud, M.; Kiss, M.J.; Morrison, M.A.; Morrison, T.G. Anti-Fat Attitudes Towards Weight Gain Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic or by “Unhealthy” Lifestyle Choices. Obesities 2025, 5, 41. https://doi.org/10.3390/obesities5020041
Regan D, Bjornerud M, Kiss MJ, Morrison MA, Morrison TG. Anti-Fat Attitudes Towards Weight Gain Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic or by “Unhealthy” Lifestyle Choices. Obesities. 2025; 5(2):41. https://doi.org/10.3390/obesities5020041
Chicago/Turabian StyleRegan, Daniel, Mackenzie Bjornerud, Mark J. Kiss, Melanie A. Morrison, and Todd G. Morrison. 2025. "Anti-Fat Attitudes Towards Weight Gain Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic or by “Unhealthy” Lifestyle Choices" Obesities 5, no. 2: 41. https://doi.org/10.3390/obesities5020041
APA StyleRegan, D., Bjornerud, M., Kiss, M. J., Morrison, M. A., & Morrison, T. G. (2025). Anti-Fat Attitudes Towards Weight Gain Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic or by “Unhealthy” Lifestyle Choices. Obesities, 5(2), 41. https://doi.org/10.3390/obesities5020041